Post 54 and other Events

Saturday, May 20, 10AM: Burr Ridge Armed Forces Day celebration. Click for more information.

Sunday, May 21: Friends of Fisher House-Illinois Ride for Warriors.  Click here for more information and to register.

Tuesday, May 23, 9AM-3PM: DuPage County 421 Bldg. Military/Veteran 101 Seminar. Learn about military life and being a veteran.  Open to all: civilians, social workers, law enforcement, health care providers, etc. Click for info.

Sunday May 28, 10AM - 2PM: Poppy sales at Jewel Store, Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn.  Fundraiser for a future event sponsored by Post 54 in the post-Covid reopened areas of Hines VA Hospital.

Sunday, June 11, 10AM: Monthly meeting of Post 54 and election of officers.

Monday, Aug 21, 7AM: Tee Off For Veterans Classic at Schaumburg Golf Course, benefitting Fisher House. Click for more information.

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IHM&EC Humanitarian Awards

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(L-R, standing) Leslie Turner, QM Dept of IL; Post 54 Commander Howard Goldstein; Steve Fixler, Post 54 member and DuPage VAC Superintendant

(L-R, seated) Jerry Field, Post 710; Edward Potash, Commander Post 328; Bruce Mayor, Commander, Dept of Illinois and DuPage VAC Board President.

The Jewish War Veterans Department of Illinois was honored to be invited to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner, March 7, 2023 held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago.

The Department has been holding its monthly meetings at the museum, in Skokie, Illinois, for the past several years. JWV has partnered with the IHM&EC on some of its projects, notably The Phantom Army of WWII.

Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, was MC of the evening. Awards were presented to Northern Trust, Peter Kadens, and Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich.

During the event the Jewish veterans were honored for their service. Six JWV members were present, representing three of the local posts within the Department of Illinois. Also honored were several WWII veterans and holocaust survivors.

The Department thanks the museum for including JWV and all Jewish veterans in its annual Humanitarian Awards evening.